Family Circus Navigators Gifts

'I've had it for the last seventeen years.'

'How do you know I won't shrink if I didn't come with a washing instructions tag?'

'This is Tyler; he's mommy's precious little feral-angel.'

'sugar and spice my eye.'

'It may not be your feng shui, but it's my feng shui.'

Desperate Househusbands: 'Help! My wife left me with the kids for two minutes while she ran to the store. Help!'

"'Parent' should always be an action verb."

"Me? I thought you were raising them."

"Sergio, I think you've done a great job raising the children."

Parental Training Course

Babies

You can't focus on the cost of raising a child. True. They do have benefits. Mom! The glue spilled into your underwear drawer! Dad! Where's the toilet plunger? Though nothing specific leaps to mind.

The relay race

"We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times."

'I feel much safer living in a gated community.'

"This baby will hold more than a hundred and twenty-five cubic feet of family rancor."

Mother's Day: 2nd Sunday in May, Others Day: Every day before and after the 2nd Sunday in May.

Coping during the 6 weeks school holidays.

"Will you turn that TV down? Can't you see I'm on the phone?"

Reason #149 for making sure the whole family wears seat belts: It helps keep the kids quiet.

"I have the kids Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. She has them Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday they're free-range.

"No, we're not there yet because your father refuses to ask for directions!"

The Queen of Static Electricity: 'Boring Rainy Day Sitting Area.'

'Would you like me to have a word with educational psychologist about Julie?'

"Hah, good luck to them when they try to flush THAT!"

"He fights me when I tell him to take a nap. When I reword it and say go reboot, he doesn't have a problem."

"I've been a mess since Jake left for college, so now we have a boy who comes in a couple of times a week to leave wet towels all over and challenge everything I say."

Police Log

"Working" from home

Tantrum Scene Do Not Cross

"Yes, mom, we're all getting plenty of exercise."

'Get real, Larry!'

"Dad's working out car charging points if we want to visit grandad."

"Has anyone seen my half-chewed-up piece of dehydrated squirrel carcass?"

Travelling with child Sketchbook - day 1